Gameplay: Excellent
Let's start with gameplay: you heard from Stanburdman how much he praises the gameplay.
So much variety how you want to approach the game.
It was originally going to be adapted as Final Fantasy Extreme after Square skipped Final Fantasy II & III from Japan. I hear rumors on how they perceived the game as too complex for American fans resulting in the release of Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.
There wouldn't be such a Final Fantasy 1 innovation till Final Fantasy Tactics. It's a missed art honoring the original game.
So many fighters and magicians.
It's sorta like playing as Megatron when he gets all the Decepticons' powers that one episode, or Kamen Rider Decade who has all the other. I guess a video game analogy would've been Mega Man gaining all the Robot Masters powers, but you get my point!
A
Story: Simple, but effective
Four Crystals.
Get an extra vehicle to get to a locked place.
Long lost evil was trapped. Long lost evil wants out.
Has Final Fantasy III Japanese-like secondary protagonists.
True sequel to Final Fantasy I, since Final Fantasy III.
No exceptions here. Exdeath is the fall of man and will destroy you unless you beat the game of course.
It's the original Fem Shep game with Lenna and Faris proving to as physical, less magical than previous female counterparts.
Amnesia is a theme allowing one to get immersed in the game discussing how the world works and getting to know the characters very well.
They used this in pretty much every Final Fantasy on the Super Nintendo and Playstation, but it's super effective like a fire pokemon against a leaf pokemon. (If you want to be super specific, without any special resistances of course, a conventional one!)
B
Character Design: A bit stereotypical yet still confusing
They really make it super obvious that Faris is a woman, thanks to codifying. Some weird jokes.
Galuf is also this really drunken master-ish character in the beginning as he duel strikes like a monk, and has a brown beard with tan clothes.
It would've been cool if he reappeared during Final Fantasy Tactics
Exdeath sorta reminded me of Hindel from Shining Force: Sword of Hajya on the battle screen.
It doesn't really stand out like an anime-ish Terra or a spiky hair Cloud Strife. Nothing really iconic unfortunately.
B
Music: I love the music.
Albeit some songs I can't remember as well or are my favorite.
Everybody seems to think Gilgamesh's theme sticks out the most. I can't disagree.
It's Nobuo Uematsu. Hopefully, he'll play at Distant World another time.
A-
Overall, really memorable game.
A great use of the job system with a great experience playing along with music. A lot of people love Sephiroth and Kefka. I have Exdeath as one of my favorite baddies. Consistently and unsuprisingly battled by him throughout while telling a story about a world.
It's a great game. Play it.
A-
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